In all seriousness, I did think it was some RIAA-created radar that they were talking about, though I didn't get freaked out about it. I imagine the day will come when RIAA has tracking devices in all CDs sold.
While I agree that storing all CDs together in a spindle is inefficient, I find that several spindles can be useful. Keep all driver CDs in one, OS CDs in another, games in a third, and other software in a fourth. This can be very efficient and helpful.
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The RIAA makes money by sorting through the crap, picking bands they think people will like, and promoting them. To be more accurate, the RIAA makes money picking the bands that most people will like enough to buy the album. This is different, in that someone who really likes one style of music won't be pleased, as the music they find of that style will have other styles blended in for largest audience.
I won't even go into the economics of bands producing music with no chance to earn money from their work.It is not necessarily true that bands who give away their music legally on the internet can't make money. System of a Down recently released an album on the internet along with the actual physical album. I don't know the exact numbers but they sold pretty well.
Whoops, it's a full dupe. Didn't look far enough down the search page. This one wasn't Taco though (and I didn't remember it). But still, news from 2 years ago should probably be checked for dupe-age.
I knew I'd seen something like this before. Weird how Taco didn't seem to remember posting this only 9 months ago. Next thing you know he'll be forgetting what he posted an hour ago. Oh wait...
Note: I realize Slashdot's been pretty good about dupes recently, but it's not as funny that way.
I'm no copyright lawyer, but I'm pretty sure it depends on what you put in your short film and whether you attempt to sell it.
For example, if the Dilbert strip I mentioned had been my own creation, it would be unlikely for me to be sued, since I'm not making any money and it barely had anything pertaining to Dilbert. However, if I had drawn an actual strip, it gets a little more dangerous. If I go on to sell that strip commercially, it gets even worse.
If you do want to make money with it, I would strongly recommend asking permission in advance. Odds are the copyright holder will think it's okay if the parody isn't radically controversial, and ask for a royalty. However, if it is too radical, you get into troubles like Tycho and Gabe at Penny Arcade did with American Greetings.
The problem with copyright law is that much of it is very vague, so you need to be cautious if you don't want to spend a lot of money or time in court.
Yes, that was an actual Dilbert strip (not actually checked against the source as I haven't seen it in a while). Scott Adams is very likely not an asshole, as he seems a generally pleasant person through all of his works. If he were, (and this is mostly speculation), I don't think he could sue since it promotes his strip, as noted by the funny moderations.
Dilbert: "So what do you think of my paper?" Dogbert: "Well, it has been said that one thousand monkeys with typewriters, given infinite time, could eventually write the works of Shakespeare." Dilbert: "What about my paper?" Dogbert: "I'd give it 6 monkeys, 10 minutes."
Well I justify using a Dreamcast as a NES by reminding myself that my brother gave away the NES and Gamestop inflates the price per console to about 70 USD, well above a PSOne.
Cable companies, who are used to being able to "channel" information to passive users, do not, as it raises the bar on what they have to provide.
I don't get it. All I want from a cable company is access to the internet. I'd prefer them to give me nothing else. This means I'd like them to *lower* the bar. Is there something I'm missing?
Cable TV is a desolate wasteland full of rehashed crap that wasn't even intriguing the first time it was shown months ago. Slashdot, on the other hand, is always a fresh outlet for pertinent news and lively debate.
On somedays Slashdot is a fresh outlet for pertinent news and lively debate, but other times it's an outlet for fresh crap. Always I will prefer Slashdot, as news or fresh crap, to the rehashed crap of cable TV.
Should I be forced to give up my classic 1974 Chevy Impala because it's not 'up to date'?...because there are newer and more efficient engines available?
Maybe. Less efficient engines are horrible for the environment. Should the atmosphere have to suffer because of your Impala?
Okay, I was obviously exaggerating there, but I just wanted to show how it's not exactly as black and white as you think.
Perhaps he reads/. related emails and reads article submissions which are dupes / lame / trolls. I'll be he gets enough of those each day to spend all day reading them
As was noted in the discussion of a recent Slashdot article, if OSS really is motivated by hatred of MS, then if MS fails OSS will stop. Perhaps people with that motive should find others.
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Nah, that'd be cool. This is more like learning your wife of 30 years is a guy.
In all seriousness, I did think it was some RIAA-created radar that they were talking about, though I didn't get freaked out about it. I imagine the day will come when RIAA has tracking devices in all CDs sold.
Porn queueing? Thanks, but I prefer my porn all at once.
While I agree that storing all CDs together in a spindle is inefficient, I find that several spindles can be useful. Keep all driver CDs in one, OS CDs in another, games in a third, and other software in a fourth. This can be very efficient and helpful.
I can. I call it Slashdot.
The RIAA makes money by sorting through the crap, picking bands they think people will like, and promoting them.
To be more accurate, the RIAA makes money picking the bands that most people will like enough to buy the album. This is different, in that someone who really likes one style of music won't be pleased, as the music they find of that style will have other styles blended in for largest audience.
I won't even go into the economics of bands producing music with no chance to earn money from their work.It is not necessarily true that bands who give away their music legally on the internet can't make money. System of a Down recently released an album on the internet along with the actual physical album. I don't know the exact numbers but they sold pretty well.
Irony courtesy of The Daily Show.
The Car Chip, I'm pretty sure, uses the information and gives you a nice readout on a computer along with pretty graphs.
Whoops, it's a full dupe. Didn't look far enough down the search page. This one wasn't Taco though (and I didn't remember it). But still, news from 2 years ago should probably be checked for dupe-age.
I knew I'd seen something like this before. Weird how Taco didn't seem to remember posting this only 9 months ago. Next thing you know he'll be forgetting what he posted an hour ago. Oh wait...
Note: I realize Slashdot's been pretty good about dupes recently, but it's not as funny that way.
For example, if the Dilbert strip I mentioned had been my own creation, it would be unlikely for me to be sued, since I'm not making any money and it barely had anything pertaining to Dilbert. However, if I had drawn an actual strip, it gets a little more dangerous. If I go on to sell that strip commercially, it gets even worse.
If you do want to make money with it, I would strongly recommend asking permission in advance. Odds are the copyright holder will think it's okay if the parody isn't radically controversial, and ask for a royalty. However, if it is too radical, you get into troubles like Tycho and Gabe at Penny Arcade did with American Greetings.
The problem with copyright law is that much of it is very vague, so you need to be cautious if you don't want to spend a lot of money or time in court.
Yes, that was an actual Dilbert strip (not actually checked against the source as I haven't seen it in a while). Scott Adams is very likely not an asshole, as he seems a generally pleasant person through all of his works. If he were, (and this is mostly speculation), I don't think he could sue since it promotes his strip, as noted by the funny moderations.
Sorry to be picky, but I believe you'll find that 21 has a 2 in it.
*hides*
Dilbert: "So what do you think of my paper?"
Dogbert: "Well, it has been said that one thousand monkeys with typewriters, given infinite time, could eventually write the works of Shakespeare."
Dilbert: "What about my paper?"
Dogbert: "I'd give it 6 monkeys, 10 minutes."
*Important Fact*
Nothing is obvious in the law. Anything can happen.
www.dcemulation.com This site offers lots of emulations. I've been playing SMB3 a lot since I found this.
Well I justify using a Dreamcast as a NES by reminding myself that my brother gave away the NES and Gamestop inflates the price per console to about 70 USD, well above a PSOne.
"The first thing you'll need is a name. Then you'll know what kind of club you've got." - Lucas from Empire Records, if you replace club with band
Not sure, but I think that was Scott Adams (Dilbert creator) in one of his books. It sounds like the kind of thing he would say.
Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom! (said by an ant in space with Homer)
I don't get it. All I want from a cable company is access to the internet. I'd prefer them to give me nothing else. This means I'd like them to *lower* the bar. Is there something I'm missing?
On somedays Slashdot is a fresh outlet for pertinent news and lively debate, but other times it's an outlet for fresh crap. Always I will prefer Slashdot, as news or fresh crap, to the rehashed crap of cable TV.
Maybe. Less efficient engines are horrible for the environment. Should the atmosphere have to suffer because of your Impala?
Okay, I was obviously exaggerating there, but I just wanted to show how it's not exactly as black and white as you think.
Perhaps he reads /. related emails and reads article submissions which are dupes / lame / trolls. I'll be he gets enough of those each day to spend all day reading them
As was noted in the discussion of a recent Slashdot article, if OSS really is motivated by hatred of MS, then if MS fails OSS will stop. Perhaps people with that motive should find others.